... killing a local leader of the al-Qaida terrorist group and six others...Aden, Yemen (ANTARA News) - At least seven members of the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed Monday when a US drone bombed their pick-up truck in the southeastern province of Hadramout, a security official told Xinhua.
The US drone fired two missiles on a pick-up truck in Mayfa area west of Mukalla, the provincial capital of Hadramout, killing a local leader of the al-Qaida terrorist group and six others, the local security official said on condition of anonymity.
The al-Qaida leader was passing through a desert road and heading for a meeting in a compound in the suburbs of the coastal city Mukalla, the official said.
Thu US troops usually use General Atomic MQ-1 Predator and Northrop-Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk to do surveillance and bombardment mission against al-Qaida cells in Pakistan, Afghanistan, or other locations.
(H-AK)
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